Photo provided by Barbara Gray
On Friday night my grand daughter stayed the
night at our house. She suddenly asked me if
someone she knew was going to heaven when
they died. I went on to explain to her, I really
don't know if they are or not.
She suddenly had a serious look on her face
and said, "I thought when I asked Jesus to
save me from my sin, I wouldn't sin ever
again." She was so serious and said, "I still
sin and I don't understand.
This opened a door for a great conversation
with her. She wanted to know why Jesus
died for our sins if we were still going to
sin over and over. I explained to her that
the angels in heaven had a perfect place.
Yet Lucifer tried to become God.
He had the other angels joining him to
go against the ultimate plan of God, so
God had to kick him and his angels out
of heaven. Then I explained to her
that mankind was created and we also
sinned and the when God looked down
from heaven he loved us so much that he
was willing to go beyond his love for the
angels. He went so far as to send His
son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins.
She was amazed that God would love
us more than the angels in heaven whom
we think are so great.
God loved us so much that he gave his
own son to die for our sins so that we
could have forgiveness knowing all along
we would still fail and sin day after day.
I loved her next question, "So if God
loves us more than the angels, will we
get to fly when we get to heaven?""
My answer was, we will be celestial
beings and able to do the same thing
the angels can do.
The look on her face was priceless.
She was so excited and said, "Oh
MeeMee I have wanted to fly my
whole life and I can't believe that
when I go to heaven I will get to fly."
She once again turned her thoughts
to how sad it is that God
has given us so much more than
he gave the angels in heaven and
yet we still sin against him.
The good news is; he will come
again and deliver us from this
present world, this world where
we try to feed our flesh far more
than we try to feed our spiritual
body. Until that day, may we
rest in His grace and peace
knowing we have something
available to us that even the
angels are not able to experience.
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